Competitive Exams: History MCQs (Practice-Test 128 of 130)

The Upanishads were rendered into Perisan by Dara-shukoh under the title

Sirr-i-Akbar

Insha-i-Mahru

Khulasat-us-Siyaq

Amal-i-Salih

In the Mughal administration, the Sadr-us-Sudur looked after which one of the following departments?

suyurghals

Zabti

Mansab

Buyutat

Diwan-iKhalisa was responsible to look after the

Land under continuous cultivation

Land under direct possession of the state

Revenue-free land granted as rewards

Cultivate land but left fallow

Who among the following was the Maratha Senapati appointed by Baji Rao II in the third Anglo-Maratha war?

Bapu Gokhale

Trimbakji Dengle

Chintamnrao Patwardhan

Yashvantrao Holkar

In medieval Indian warfare the earthen mound built to reach the top of a besieged fort was known as

Paik

Pasheb

Qaba

Qalbkari

Who was stationed by Dupleix at Hyberabad after the First Carnastic War?

Bourdonnais

Lally

Malcolm

Bussy

Under whom did the English Army defeat Haider Ali at Porto Novo?

Eyre Coote

Cornwallis

Malcolm

Elphinstone

In March 1947 at Nehru's inititative an Asian Relations Conference attended by more than 20 countries was held in Delhi. Which of the following non-Asian countries attended this conference?

Canada

Australia

Mexico

Brazil

Which one of the following was not actually part of the original Plan of the Non-Cooperation Movement, but acquired great popularity among the movement in many parts of the country?

Picketing of shops selling foreign cloth

Boycott of Government schools and colleges

Picketing of toddy shops

Boycott of public transport and communication system

Acharya Vinoba Bhave who aimed at bringing about land reform or land distribution through his Bhoodan Movement received the first donation of land of 18th April 1951 in the village

Srikakulam in north coastal region of Andhra Pradesh

Allur in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh

Pochampalli in Telengana region of Andhra Pradesh

Amalapuram in coastal region of Andhra Pradesh

Consider the following statements relating to the Councils Act of 1982:

The nationalist agitation forced the British Colonial authorities to make changes in the legislative functioning by the Indian Councils Act of 1892 which enlarged the Imperial and Provincial Legislative Councils

The Nationalists were satisfied with the changes made by the Act of 1892.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Which among the following was the chief cause of the Second Anglo-Maratha war?

Wellesley's desire to destroy the Maratha power

Interference of the English in the mutual conflicts of the Marathas

English intrigues with Peshwa Baji Rao

English intervention in the conflict between the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad

Which Treaty with the Marathas was considered by Warren Hastings as a scrap of paper?

Mandsar

Surji Arjangao

Gwalior

Purandhar

Under whose chairmanship was the first judicial plan prepared under which Bengal, Bihar and Orissa were divided into districts, and each district was put under a collector?